Abdul Qadir Full Biography, Records, Googly, Weight, Age, Family & More

Abdul Qadir Full Biography

Cricket will always remember his contribution to the leg-spin department. Hailing from Lahore young leg spinner Abdul Qadir with some extraordinary variations roped into the international arena in 1977 during home series against England. He was the first genuine wrist spinner and he had the ability to bowl with six different variations He destroyed England in a second test match by taking 6 wickets.

It will always be written in the history that Imran Khan played an important role in enhancing Abdul Qadir’s career and made him a legendary player. During his peak time, he completely destroyed mighty West indies in home series where he took six wickets to bundle out visitors on 53 runs. Apart from bowling, he was also capable to play some handy knocks coming down the order. He played his last match against Sri Lanka.

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Abdul Qadir Basic Information

Name: Abdul Qadir Khan
Nickname: N/A
Role: Bowler
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak googly

Abdul Qadir Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5 feet 9 inch
Weight (approx.): N/A
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black

Personal Life Of Abdul Qadir

Date of Birth: September 15, 1955,
Age: Died (aged 63 years)
Birth Place: Lahore, Punjab
Zodiac sign: N/A
Nationality: Pakistani
School: N/A
College: N/A
Educational Qualifications: N/A
Net Worth: 5 Million USD (at the time of death)

Abdul Qadir Family & Religion

Father: N/A
Mother: N/A
Brother: Ali Bahadur
Sister: N/A
Coach/Mentor:N/A
Religion: Islam
Address: Lahore

Cricket Career Of Abdul Qadir

Test: Pakistan v England at Lahore, Dec 14-19, 1977
ODI: New Zealand v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 11-12, 1983
T20: N/A
Jersey Number: N/A
Domestic/State Teams: Habib Bank Limited, Lahore, Punjab
Nature on the field: Calm.

Batting Career

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	67	77	10	1029	61	15.36	2247	45.79	0	0	3	99	16
ODI	104	68	26	641	41	15.26	849	75.5	0	0	0	36	17

Bowling Career

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	67	111	16864	7742	236	9/56	13/101	2.75	32.81	71.46	15	5
ODI	104	100	5100	3454	132	5/44	5/44	4.06	26.17	38.64	2	0

Source: Cricbuzz

Highlighted Records Of Abdul Qadir

Qadir was the first genuine wrist-spinner who could impart multiple revolutions to the ball and was the premier leg break bowler in the late seventies and eighties.

Abdul Qadir Preferences & Hobbies

Hobbies: commentary

Favorite Cricketers: N/A
Most Favorite Sportspersons: N/A
Favorite Food: Biryani
Favorite Color: Black

Abdul Qadir Relationship Status

Abdul Qadir with his son Usman Qadir
Picture Source: Dunia News

Marital Status: Married
Wife: N/A
Marriage Date: N/A
Children: Usman Qadir, Sulman Qadir, Rehman Qadir, Imran Qadir, Noor Amna

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Abdul Qadir Awards and Recognitions

Qadir possessed such variety that he could bowl 6 different balls in the same over including two types of googlies.
Graham Gooch had once remarked, “Qadir was even finer than Shane Warne.”

Controversies did by ( Abdul Qadir )

While doing commentary on a Pakistan Television (PTV) show in 2004. Qadir was quoted saying: “We all know the ball has always been made up [tampered with] by Pakistani fast bowlers”. He was later banned by management.

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The All Out Cricket Post Interview Of Abdul Qadir

Lesser-Known Facts About Abdul Qadir

In 1989, in a warm-up match played before the first Test against India at the National Stadium, 16-year-old Tendulkar hit four sixes off a Qadir over.

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